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DieDieMyDarling · 04-11-2004, 19:45

I personally don't use my connection as much as i used to, i rarely go over the cap now, i'm not a heavy user anymore.

To ask YOU a question though.. if it's not right for people to utilize a 3mb connection, why the hell is it being offered at all? So people can access the skynews website in 0.4 seconds, rather than 0.8 seconds?

I just don't understand why Ntl would offer a 3mb service and put a 40GB cap on it. Even 3mb access in general is faulted. There aren't many P2P networks that will allow you to download at 370k/sec while only uploading at 25k/sec. A lot of websites don't support that kind of speed on large downloads. Most IRC rooms for downloading are limited too, and you'll find it quite difficult to find a room that will allow you to download at that speed, without first being a sharer yourself, with good upload speeds. You won't get that speed downloading files off many people on msn, yahoo chat, etc, as it's dependent on the other users upload speed.
So you're probably left with some websites, newsgroups (which never work on ntl anyway) and possibly some FTP servers.

It really is a case of buying a car that does 180mph, because it looks good, sounds good and makes you feel better. Then driving at 70mph to stay within the law.

Is anyone planning on using the 3mb service? What are your thoughts on it? Why are you getting it, and what will you use it for?

04-11-2004, 19:45	#303
DieDieMyDarling Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belfast Age: 51 Services: 10 mb NTL Broadband, Sky TV (full package). Posts: 309	Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes I personally don't use my connection as much as i used to, i rarely go over the cap now, i'm not a heavy user anymore. To ask YOU a question though.. if it's not right for people to utilize a 3mb connection, why the hell is it being offered at all? So people can access the skynews website in 0.4 seconds, rather than 0.8 seconds? I just don't understand why Ntl would offer a 3mb service and put a 40GB cap on it. Even 3mb access in general is faulted. There aren't many P2P networks that will allow you to download at 370k/sec while only uploading at 25k/sec. A lot of websites don't support that kind of speed on large downloads. Most IRC rooms for downloading are limited too, and you'll find it quite difficult to find a room that will allow you to download at that speed, without first being a sharer yourself, with good upload speeds. You won't get that speed downloading files off many people on msn, yahoo chat, etc, as it's dependent on the other users upload speed. So you're probably left with some websites, newsgroups (which never work on ntl anyway) and possibly some FTP servers. It really is a case of buying a car that does 180mph, because it looks good, sounds good and makes you feel better. Then driving at 70mph to stay within the law. Is anyone planning on using the 3mb service? What are your thoughts on it? Why are you getting it, and what will you use it for?